What is Web Hosting?
- For a website or application to appear on the Internet, to develop your website, or to upload the coding files on a server, you need the web-server. These can be “hosted” on a web-server at a web hosting company by purchasing a web hosting plan.
- Hosting is usually billed monthly or annually at a rate of Rs.100 to Rs.5000/month. It also depending on the type of server you choose, how much space and, also bandwidth you are using.
Note :- Domain names can be purchased anywhere, but it’s convenient to buy the domain and also to set up hosting in the same location. since, it will be easy to manage your hosting account.
Probably, I recommend the following hosting providers, because they helps you to load load your website faster and almost with good up time:
- bluehost.com
- dreamhost.com
- mediatemple.net
- inmotionhosting.com
- retrix.net
- blacksun.ca
- webnames.ca
Most of all these hosting companies provide domain name registration as well as hosting making it very convenient for you. However, you can purchase a domain name and then host it somewhere else.
And also, Web hosting are mainly divided in 4 types based on the configurations and, website to handle the total amount of traffic.
- Shared Web Hosting
- VPS(Virtual Private Server) Web Hosting
- Dedicated Web Hosting
- Cloud Web Hosting
In next article, you will know about these 4 types of servers which are listed about and how they are different from each other